I guess the club that pays his salary have no say in the matter then? Otherwise why don't the club just say he's not available as he is unfit, as he has been all season. Doesn't say much for the Irish squad if they are even selecting him.

Oh we have a truly awful squad, it's embarrassing to watch them play, we are the Sunderland of international football

TBF they do tend to punch above their weight though don't they every now and again....do you think that's the O'neil factor or just the players... or just luck of the irish.....Tone?

The team used always be sprinkled with a few excellent players,in recent times like Robbie Keane, Shay Given,Damien Duff etc , and we always had a chance in games,now it's full of dross that even the best managers in the world could do nowt with

what's more worrying is that there doesn't seem to be any younger players coming through either